matinee idol

"I mean I just sit at the piano and play the piano. I'm in my 70s, I'm not a matinee idol. So why are you coming to see me in the first place? But it all has to do with the music."

Some movie stars appear to have already accepted the demise of the matinée idol and jumped to streaming services.

Everyone knows that his cultivated image of a wealthy playboy who wined and dined beautiful women like he was some kind of matinee idol is another one of his lies.

Brad Pitt’s star had been on the rise since his memorable breakthrough in 1991’s “Thelma & Louise,” but it was the one-two punch of “Interview with the Vampire” and “Legends of the Fall” in late 1994 that made him a real movie star — and a matinee idol to boot.

Indeed, Sessa has the appeal of an actor from that earlier era, when performers made their names with presence, chops and attitude more than matinee idol looks.